{"id":1975,"date":"2016-06-21T15:08:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2022-02-27T22:54:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T22:54:19","slug":"do-38-of-students-have-to-leave-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/education\/do-38-of-students-have-to-leave-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Do 38% of students have to leave Northern Ireland?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Most recent data show a third (33.5%) of school leavers continue studies outside Northern Ireland. While public investment policy in further education is a significant factor, others must be considered, such as the desire and ability to take up opportunities elsewhere. Thus it is misleading to say that 38% have to leave; some leave because they wish to.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In an article published by the Belfast Telegraph<\/a> on 30th May 2016, Vice-Chancellor Patrick Johnston stated: \u201cSome 38% of students have to leave Northern Ireland at the age of 18; that\u2019s a really serious situation for any society because in particular your most talented people are leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Queen\u2019s University Belfast replied that they obtained the figure of 38% from a Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) End of Cycle Report 2015<\/a>(Northern Ireland (NI) students to Great Britain (GB)) and the Higher Education Authority<\/a> (Northern Ireland students to Ireland). Using these two sources, for 2014-15, we calculated a figure of Northern Ireland student acceptances to Great Britain and Ireland at 39.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UCAS provide data from 2006-2015<\/a>, which shows a pattern of student acceptances to Great Britain higher education institutions running between 31-38% per year:
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